Paralympic tennis 2024: Preview, schedule, player lists, draws & how to watch
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The Olympics may be wrapped up for another four years but action in Paris doesn’t stop there as a 215-strong ParalympicsGB team heads to the French capital for the highly-anticipated Paralympic Games.
Here’s everything you need to know about tennis at the 2024 Paralympic Games, getting underway in just a couple of weeks’ time.
Where is tennis at the 2024 Paralympic Games taking place?
The 2024 Paralympic Games will be held in Paris, France.
The wheelchair tennis events at the 2024 Paralympics are scheduled to take place at Roland Garros – the home of the French Open Grand Slam tournament.
When is tennis on at the 2024 Paralympic Games?
The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games will take place from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
The wheelchair tennis events at the Paralympics will be held from 30 August to 7 September 2024.
How to watch tennis at the Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games will be broadcast live across Channel 4 throughout the UK. You can also watch coverage of the Paralympics via the C4 YouTube channel.
What is the format for tennis at the Paralympics?
There are six medal events at the Paralympic Games - women's, men's and quad singles and doubles.
Draws are straight knockout and matches are played as best of three tie-break sets with the doubles featuring a match tie-break (to 10) at one set all.
2024 Paralympic tennis draws
First round
Men’s singles
- Alfie Hewett (GBR) (1) vs BYE
- Gordon Reid (GBR) (5) vs BYE
- Ben Bartram (GBR) vs Guilhem Laget (FRA)
- Dahnon Ward (GBR) vs Said Himam (MAR)
Women’s singles
- Lucy Shuker (GBR) vs Charlotte Fairbank (FRA)
- Abbie Breakwell (GBR) vs Maylee Phelps (USA)
Quad singles
- Andy Lapthorne (GBR) vs Diego Perez (CHI)
- Greg Slade (GBR) vs Ugur Altinel (TUR)
Men’s doubles
- Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid (GBR) (1) vs BYE
- Ben Bartram & Dahnon Ward (GBR) vs Said Himam & Lhaj Boukartacha (MAR)
Women’s doubles
- Lucy Shuker & Abbie Breakwell (GBR) vs Lizzy De Greef & Jinte Bos (NED)
Quad doubles
- Andy Lapthorne & Greg Slade (GBR) (2) vs BYE
Check back here for the latest draw information or click on the link below:
Paralympic tennis order of play
You can find the full order of play and schedule for the tennis events at the 2024 Paralympics via the link below:
What is the schedule for tennis at the Paralympics?
Here's the full Paralympic tennis schedule for the 2024 Games:
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Date |
Schedule |
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Friday 30 August |
Quarter-final - quad doubles First round – men’s singles / women’s doubles |
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Saturday 31 August |
First round – women’s singles / quad singles / men's doubles / |
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Sunday 1 September |
Semi-final - quad doubles Quarter-final - women's doubles Second round – men's singles / men's doubles |
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Monday 2 September |
Quarter-final – quad singles Third round – men's singles Second round – women's singles |
| Tuesday 3 September |
Semi-final – quad singles / women's doubles Quarter-final – women's singles / men's doubles / women's doubles |
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Wednesday 4 September |
Gold medal match – quad doubles Bronze medal match – quad singles Semi-final – women's singles / men's doubles Quarter-final - men's singles |
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Thursday 5 September |
Gold medal match – quad singles / women's doubles Bronze medal match – quad doubles / women's doubles Semi-final – men's singles |
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Friday 6 September |
Gold medal match – women's singles / men’s doubles Bronze medal match – women's singles / men's doubles |
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Saturday 7 September |
Gold medal match – women’s singles Bronze medal match – men's singles |
Which players are competing for Team GB in tennis?
Men’s singles: Goron Reid, Alfie Hewett, Ben Bartram, Dahnon Ward
Women’s singles: Lucy Shuker, Abbie Breakwell
Quad singles: Andy Lapthorne, Greg Slade
2024 Paralympics tennis preview
This year's eight-strong ParalympicsGB wheelchair tennis squad will enter the tournament with a perfect combination of experienced players and debutants as they look to triumph in the French capital.
World No.1 Alfie Hewett is set to embark on a mission to try and win a maiden Paralympic gold medal. The three-time Paralympic medallist won silver in the singles and doubles at Rio 2016 and doubles at Tokyo 2020 and will be hoping to add gold to his collection this summer as he returns to the scene of his maiden Grand Slam singles title in 2017.
He'll be joined by long-term doubles partner and 2016 men’s singles champion Gordon Reid who is back for his fifth Paralympic Games. Reid is the only British wheelchair player to have won gold in the history of the men’s singles event and will be looking to make another statement in Paris, where he and Hewett are now five-time French Open doubles champions together.
Also preparing to contest a fifth Paralympic Games is Lucy Shuker. The 44-year-old already has three Paralympic doubles medals to her name, having earned bronze in London and Rio and silver in Tokyo, all alongside Jordanne Whiley. Meanwhile, Andy Lapthorne completes the more experienced line-up of ParalympicsGB hopefuls, having earned two silver and one bronze medal since making his Paralympic debut back in 2012.
They'll be joined by rising young stars Ben Bartram, Dahnon Ward, Greg Slade and Abbie Breakwell - who are all set to make their Paralympic debuts. Bartram is set to partner Ward in the men’s doubles, while Slade and Lapthorne will join forces in the quad doubles after winning their fourth title together earlier this month at the Austrian Open, and Breakwell will team up with Shuker in the women’s doubles.
The Brits will be joined by an illustrious line-up of international stars who will be looking to challenge them for one of the most sought-after prizes in sports – a Paralympic medal.
Amongst those is a strong French contingent who will be eager to rise to the occasion in-front of a home crowd, including five-time Paralympic medallist Stephane Houdet and London 2012 men’s doubles silver medallist Frederic Cattaneo. Meanwhile, world No.2 Tokito Oda will hope to continue where Japanese countryman and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Shingo Kunieda left the Paralympic stage three years ago.
Over in the women's draw, Dutch star Diede de Groot will bid to earn her second successive women’s singles gold medal after becoming the first female wheelchair tennis player to complete the Golden Slam in Tokyo. Meanwhile, de Groot's compatriots Niels Vink and Sam Schroder will return to the stage where they were crowned Roland Garros quad doubles champions just a couple of months ago. They will also enter the Games as reigning Paralympic quad doubles champions and the two highest ranked players in the quad draw.
Paralympics reigning tennis champions
- Men's singles: Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
- Women's singles: Diede de Groot (NED)
- Men's doubles: Stephane Houdet (FRA) & Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
- Women's doubles: Diede de Groot (NED) & Aniek van Koot (NED)
- Quad singles: Dylan Alcott (AUS)
- Quad doubles: Sam Schroder (NED) & Niels Vink (NED)
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